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Hiding From Mum
2nd PlaceHiding From Mum
Jedusi


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Peek-a-Boo (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Canon EOS-20D
Lens: Canon EF 100-400mm f/4.5-5.6L IS
Location: Marwell
Date: Mar 9, 2008
Aperture: F 5.6
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/640
Galleries: Emotive, Animals
Date Uploaded: Mar 9, 2008

3 Month old Amur Leopard Cub playing in the rocks in her enclosure, and keeping an eye on Mum - and yes, as cubs their eye's really are a startling blue colour, before changing to the adult colour :- )

Post Challenge
I'm delighted to have gained another ribbon, and am happy to be beaten by SandyP (although we don't like to talk about that :-) )

Thank you for the many kind comments and votes.

p.s. this was the third day of waiting before she finally showed herself for about half an hour. The first day was great light but no cub, second day was dreadful weather, cold and raining all day - no cub, third day there was a bit of sunshine before the rain came in and I got about 30 mins of her out in the open.

Worth the effort though :- )

Statistics
Place: 2 out of 131
Avg (all users): 7.0115
Avg (commenters): 8.0000
Avg (participants): 7.0175
Avg (non-participants): 7.0085
Views since voting: 12832
Views during voting: 375
Votes: 174
Comments: 63
Favorites: 23 (view)


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09/07/2010 04:51:57 PM
the eyes still omg i love it
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07/11/2010 08:33:20 AM
fantastic shot! Love the composition here!
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07/17/2008 03:01:11 AM
You are obviously more patient than I! Congratulations on your ribbon! Well deserved.
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06/20/2008 06:09:32 PM
Congratulations on your ribbon!! excellent shot.
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03/21/2008 06:34:34 PM
this is beauiftul great job
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03/21/2008 04:59:29 AM
Wow, congratulations on the ribbon! Fantastic shot! :)
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03/20/2008 08:42:33 AM
Steve,
Congratulations!!!! Best ever and well deserved..
OUTSTANDING my friend:)
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03/19/2008 08:42:01 PM
Great shot, congrat's on your ribbon.
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03/19/2008 07:14:41 PM
Congrats on your ribbon winner! What a stunning shot. Such a cute face!
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03/19/2008 09:24:51 AM
Steve- what an out-standing shot...patience & perseverence paid off !!!
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03/18/2008 09:55:29 PM
What a beautiful photo. I love how the whiskers are highlighted. That eye is an amazing color too. Great catch! Congrats on the ribbon!
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03/18/2008 08:11:25 PM
Magnificent animal! Great eye! Good Job! :)
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03/18/2008 03:32:29 PM
You jammy bugger! Congrats on the excellent finish, I do have to profess this was one of my top three picks...
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03/18/2008 01:16:53 PM
Way to go Steve. Brilliant shot. Love the detail and the DOF chosen. (Ok, and the blue eyes.)
Congrats on your ribbon!!!
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03/18/2008 08:02:38 AM
Brilliant photo. Congratulation on the ribbon and an excellent capture!
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03/18/2008 05:20:47 AM
this is stunning...having seen some leopards in the wild in Kenya, they are amazing animals. perfect for the challenge! Enzo
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03/17/2008 08:17:49 PM
what an incredible shot - sure worth all the waiting!
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03/17/2008 03:58:29 PM
Congrats on a wonderful image, your first red ribbon, your first 7+ score, your new PB. That's a lot of firsts!! Excellent control of DOF. Well done.
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03/17/2008 01:02:15 PM
beautiful...one of the most stunning creatures on earth and you have captured it so beautifuly..well done and congratulations
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03/17/2008 12:16:06 PM
Steve, this is just a wonderful shot! It has a big cute-factor! Like the DOF and colors.Very well done! Big congrats on a well deserved ribbon!
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03/17/2008 10:58:23 AM
Great shot. Congrats on the ribbon and the PB Steve ;-)
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03/17/2008 09:42:06 AM
Congrats on your red and a cute photo, well done!
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03/17/2008 09:22:14 AM
great capture congrats!
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03/17/2008 07:03:41 AM
Congratulations on your Red Ribbon win this is a wonderful capture won of my favorites. :)
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03/17/2008 06:50:13 AM
what an awesome image congrats on your ribbon
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03/17/2008 05:39:23 AM
Congrats on your first red, Steve! Well deserved... I had this scored right up there. Great capture!
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03/17/2008 05:24:29 AM
YAY!! Congratulations! I lovely splash of red on your profile and a great new personal best to boot! Well done Steve.
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03/17/2008 05:23:49 AM
Great capture and congrats on the red ribbon Steve, that just leaves one more and you have a full set :-)

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03/17/2008 04:14:41 AM
Congrats, Steve, on your well deserved first red ribbon for a very cute picture!
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03/17/2008 03:44:01 AM
Picture Oerfect in everyway and so deserves the RED ribbon.....
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03/17/2008 03:14:48 AM
Look at you! Didn't say a word about having a killer score in a challenge... congrats very much on the high score and the ribbon! Very very cute leopard - and yes, very different from the clouded leopard in the San Antonio Zoo.
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03/17/2008 02:49:27 AM
This is soooo cute. Good work and congrats on the ribbon.
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03/17/2008 01:51:55 AM
Great capture. Well done of scoring the RED.
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03/17/2008 01:44:38 AM
Congrats on the red! I had a feeling this one would do very well!
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03/17/2008 01:42:00 AM
Well done, what a stunning shot. Congrats on your red ribbon.
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03/17/2008 01:29:50 AM
Wow!
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03/17/2008 01:08:04 AM
Certainly a worthy ribbon-winner. Congratulations.
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03/17/2008 12:36:59 AM
Welllll look at you, Steve! All gussied up with that fancy red ribbon & all! :) Congrats!
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03/17/2008 12:32:24 AM
Very nice shot. Love that blue eye. Congrats!
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03/17/2008 12:28:15 AM
YAY!!! Congrats on the ribbon, this is a great shot! I don't know where you hang out to get all your great animal shots, but wherever it is, I want to go there! :)
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03/17/2008 12:19:42 AM
Totally excellent! Congrats on the red ribbon.
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03/17/2008 12:15:20 AM
Steve, this photo is so awesome! I picked both yours and Tinky2's photos as my top 2 picks for this challenge. CONGRATULATIONS!!! All 3 of us got personal best scores from this challenge. Yayyyy!!!!!! :)

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03/17/2008 12:05:43 AM
Well done! Had this in my top rung of votes. Congrats!
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03/17/2008 12:05:35 AM
Beautiful shot! Congrats!
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03/17/2008 12:04:47 AM
brilliant photograph and congratulations on your ribbon .
this would make an excellent image for the humourous title thread .. !! ..:)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
03/16/2008 12:12:19 PM
9/10
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03/16/2008 05:45:04 AM
Lovely picture. It caught my eye straight away.
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03/15/2008 05:52:04 PM
nice detail and color in the eye and fur. DOF is right on.
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03/14/2008 05:33:27 PM
GREAT SHOT! Lovely colors and certainly fits this challenge well!
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03/14/2008 03:14:35 PM
Stunning image! Bet you can't wait for rollover, eh? :-D Well done.
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03/12/2008 10:35:55 PM
My pick for ribbon.
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03/12/2008 08:57:15 PM
To my eye, the focal point seems to be the paw. You've captured a beautiful creature in a stunning environment. That eye is captivating. Image how much better it would be if the focus was on the eye.
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03/11/2008 11:08:05 PM
So beautiful and sweet! Very fitting to the challenge, and very nice capture!
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03/11/2008 07:09:22 PM
One of the best in the challenge – hope it’s among the winners!
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03/11/2008 07:42:48 AM
Excellent capture. Great colors and man thats alot of whiskers.
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03/11/2008 12:20:05 AM
Nice shot. Could use more sharpening!
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03/10/2008 07:44:46 PM
The colours are very good ... however, the blurryness of the rock in the foreground distracts me a little ... other than that, great picture
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03/10/2008 07:00:29 PM
Nice catch! Entertaining shot. Back to bump you up to 8.
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03/10/2008 06:20:01 PM
great catch. cute little guy!
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03/10/2008 01:16:05 PM
looks like trouble around the corner. good detail.
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03/10/2008 01:15:52 PM
AWWWEEESOME ! ! ! My first 10! I s'pect I'll see this one on the front page when we're thru :)
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03/10/2008 02:25:50 AM
This is beautiful, great capture.
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03/10/2008 01:23:19 AM
Good capture and the colours are super. This fits the challenge superbly.
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